UIGEA regs: Legal companies that could be effected (targets)

[Uglyowl]

Good evening,

As previously mentioned one strategy would be to get our gaming brothers and sisters involved since they very well could be effected by "overblocking".

I started to compile a list of possible companies who may be interested in the regulations (I left out any company dealing with sports gambling). I will have to scrub the list of companies that may not be effected (although I feel all horse racing related companies will).

Also I will keep updating contact info if you guys feel it is worthwhile. Then we need to draft a letter that is concise and grab their attention.

Thanks, what do you think? I want to gauge interest before continuing.


<u>Horse Racing</u>

youbet.com InvestorRelations@youbet.com; playerservices@youbet.com

tvg.com comments@tvg.com
Phone: 1-888-PLAY-TVG
By Mail: 19545 N.W. Von Neumann Drive, Suite 210
Beaverton, OR, 97006

Equibase Company

Xpressbet

Daily Racing Form
1-800-306-FORM (3676)
cservice@drf.com


National Thoroughbreb Racing Association
Central Office:
2525 Harrodsburg Rd.
Lexington, KY 40504
Phone: (859) 223-5444
Fax: (859) 223-3945
Email: ntra@ntra.com


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<u>Horse Racing Tracks</u>

Aqueduct (NY)
Arc De Triomphe (France)
Arapahoe Park (CO)
Australian Racing
Bay Meadows (CA)
Bay Meadows Fair - San Mateo (CA)
Belmont (NY)
Beulah Park (OH)
Breeders' Cup
Buffalo Raceway (NY)
Cal Expo (CA)
Calder Race Course (FL)
Canterbury Park (MN)
Charles Town (WV)
Del Mar (CA)
Delaware Country Fair (OH)
Delaware Park (DE)
Delta Downs (LA)
Dover Downs (DE)
Dubai World Cup (UAE)
Emerald Downs (WA)
Evangeline Downs (LA)
Fairplex (CA)
Ferndale (CA)
Flamboro Downs (ON)
Fort Erie (ON)
Finger Lakes (NY)
Fraser Downs (BC)
Freehold (NJ)
Fresno (CA)
Georgian Downs (ON)
Golden Gate Fields (CA)
Grand River Raceway (ON)
Harrah's Chester (PA)
Harrington (DE)
Hastings Park (BC)
Hawthorne (IL)
Hazel Park (MI)
Hollywood Park (CA)
Hong Kong (Happy Valley)
Hong Kong (Sha Tin)
Indiana Downs (IN)
Keeneland (KY)
Kentucky Downs (KY)
Lebanon Raceway (OH)
Los Alamitos (CA)
Louisiana Downs (LA)
Meadowlands (NJ)
Mohawk (ON)
Monmouth Park (NJ)
Monticello Raceway (NY)
Mountaineer Park (WV)
Northfield Park (OH)
Northlands Park (AB)
Northville Downs (MI)
Oaklawn Park (AR)
Oak Tree@Santa Anita (CA)
Ocean Downs (MD)
Penn National (PA)
Philadelphia Park (PA)
Plainridge (MA)
Pleasanton (CA)
Pocono Downs (PA)
Pompano Park (FL)
Prairie Meadows (IA)
Presque Isle Downs (PA)
Raceway Park (OH)
Red Mile (KY)
Retama Park (TX)
Rideau Carleton (ON)
River Downs (OH)
Rockingham Park (NH)
Rosecroft Raceway (MD)
Ruidoso Downs (NM)
Sam Houston (TX)
Santa Rosa (CA)
Santa Anita Park (CA)
Saratoga (NY)
Saratoga Harness (NY)
Scioto Downs (OH)
Solano - Vallejo (CA)
Stockton (CA)
Suffolk Downs (MA)
Sunland Park (NM)
Tampa Bay Downs (FL)
Tioga Downs (NY)
Turf Paradise (AZ)
Turfway Park (KY)
UK Racing (UK)
Vernon Downs (NY)
Western Fair (ON)
Will Rogers Downs (OK)
Windsor Raceway (ON)
Woodbine (ON)
Woodlands (KS)
Wyoming Downs (WY)
Yavapai Downs (AZ)
Yonkers Raceway (NY)

<u>Publicly Traded Gaming Companies</u>

Alliance Gaming Corporation (AGI)
Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (ASCA)
Archon Corporation (ARHN)
Aztar Corporation (AZR)
Boyd Gaming Corporation (BYD)
Canterbury Park Holding Corporation (ECP)
Carnival Corporation (CCL)
Century Casinos Inc. (CNTY)
Churchill Downs, Incorporated (CHDN)
Colorado Casino Resorts (CCRIQ)
Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT)
Equus Gaming Company L.P. (EQUUS)
GameTech International, Inc. (GMTC)
Gaming Partners International Corporation (GPIC)
Global Payment Technologies, Inc. (GPTX)
Gtech Holdings Corportation (GTK)
Harrahs Entertainment Inc. (HET)
Hilton Hotels Corporation (HLT)
I2 Corp.(ITOO)
Innovative Gaming Corporation of America (IGCA)
International Game Tech (IGT)
Intl Lottery &amp; Totalizator (ITSI)
Interstate General Company L. P (IGLPA)
Isle of Capris Casinos, Inc. (ISLE)
Littlefield Corporation (LTFD)
Magna Entertainment Corporation (MECA)
Magna International (MGA)
Mandalay Resort Group (MBG)
Mikohn Gaming Corporation (PGIC)
MGM Mirage (MGG)
MTR Gaming Group, Inc.(MNTG)
Nevstar Gaming &amp; Entertainment (NVST)
Nuoasis Resorts Inc. (NUOA)
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN)
Pinnacle Entertainment (PNK)
President Casinos Inc. (PRESQ)
Sands Regent, The (SNDS)
Scientific Games Corporation (SGMS)
Shuffle Master Inc. (SHFL)
Station Casinos Inc. (STN)
Trans Lux Corporation (TLX)
Trump Hotels &amp; Casinos Res. Inc. (DJTCQ)
Wyndham International Inc. (WBR)
Youbet.com, Inc. (UBET)

<u>Fantasy Sports</u>

Foxsports
CBS Sportsline
CDM
ESPN
Sportingnews

<u>"Skill Game Sites"</u>

www.skillpalace.com
games.king.com
skilljam

[TheEngineer]

Here's another:

Senator Mitch McConnell
United States Senate
361-A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

[TheEngineer]

Nice idea! A good thing here is that, unlike letters to politicians, one letter to each place is sufficient. I'm not sure if the B&amp;M casinos would be interested at this point, but all the tracks and horse associations should be, as should politicians connected to the equine industry.

[TheEngineer]

Senator Mitch McConnell
United States Senate
361-A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator McConnell:

The Department of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced yesterday the release of a joint proposed rule to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). Following careful review the proposed regulations, I believe the regulations as proposed have several weaknesses that are inherent to UIGEA itself. The primary risk is that of overblocking transactions to legal businesses, particularly Internet horse racing.

As you know, interstate Internet horse race betting is legal here in the commonwealth under the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978 (IHRA). Additionally, Internet poker is not illegal under any Kentucky state law or any federal law (federal case law has consistently held that the Wire Act applies only to sport betting). However, despite your insertion of an exclusion for much of the domestic horse racing industry from the provisions of UIGEA, the vagueness of the regulations may compel banks to comply with these regulations by banning ALL Internet gambling transactions, regardless of legal status! This concern was even noted in the proposed regulations themselves (and was even given a name – “overblocking”). Kentuckians everywhere should be concerned that our equine industry will be unfairly affected by these regulations, as will our ability to access and patronize these legal businesses.

An additional risk to overblocking is the risk of an illegal restraint of trade. As the United States recently lost its trade dispute (and its final appeal) with Antigua and Barbuda with regards to providing of cross-border betting services, additional restrictions via overblocking resulting from these regulations could result in new and/or increased WTO penalties, especially as domestic financial transactions are largely excluded from these regulations.

I ask that you review these regulations and request that they be revised to remove all penalties for all but willful and egregious noncompliance. Also, I ask that you request that the Monitoring section of the regulations be revised to require banks to process all lawful transactions. If you are unable to get the regulations changed to meet the needs of the people of Kentucky, I ask that you move to deny funding for enforcement of the regulations (which would be a good idea – banks should not be in the business of enforcing laws anyway). I further ask that you help clarify this situation by sponsoring HR 2610, the Skill Game Protection Act, in the Senate. Poker and horse racing should not be part of this prohibition.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

TheEngineer

[Tuff_Fish]

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Senator Mitch McConnell
United States Senate
361-A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator McConnell:

The Department of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced yesterday the release of a joint proposed rule to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). Following careful review the proposed regulations, I believe the regulations as proposed have several weaknesses that are inherent to UIGEA itself. The primary risk is that of overblocking transactions to legal businesses, particularly Internet horse racing.

As you know, interstate Internet horse race betting is legal here in the commonwealth under the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978 (IHRA). Additionally, Internet poker is not illegal under any Kentucky state law or any federal law (federal case law has consistently held that the Wire Act applies only to sport betting). However, despite your insertion of an exclusion for much of the domestic horse racing industry from the provisions of UIGEA, the vagueness of the regulations may compel banks to comply with these regulations by banning ALL Internet gambling transactions, regardless of legal status! This concern was even noted in the proposed regulations themselves (and was even given a name – “overblocking”). Kentuckians everywhere should be concerned that our equine industry will be unfairly affected by these regulations, as will our ability to access and patronize these legal businesses.

An additional risk to overblocking is the risk of an illegal restraint of trade. As the United States recently lost it's trade dispute (and its final appeal) with Antigua and Barbuda with regards to providing of cross-border betting services, additional restrictions via overblocking resulting from these regulations could result in new and/or increased WTO penalties, especially as domestic financial transactions are largely excluded from these regulations.

I ask that you review these regulations and request that they be revised to remove all penalties for all but willful and egregious noncompliance. Also, I ask that you request that the Monitoring section of the regulations be revised to require banks to process all lawful transactions. If you are unable to get the regulations changed to meet the needs of the people of Kentucky, I ask that you move to deny funding for enforcement of the regulations (which would be a good idea – banks should not be in the business of enforcing laws anyway). I further ask that you help clarify this situation by sponsoring HR 2610, the Skill Game Protection Act, in the Senate. Poker and horse racing should not be part of this prohibition.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

TheEngineer

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You write goot.

Tuff

[Uglyowl]

Nice letter, once the comment section to the regs is available I will include the link in a letter to all race tracks and others involved in the industry. We should include the parts that are troublesome and suggest "overblocking" could be an issue.

With TVG on cable television, etc., I feel this has the potential to be a disaster for the industry.

[TheEngineer]

Thanks, but "its" is correct. That's a common error. "Its" is possessive pronoun, while "it's" is a contraction for "it is".

Cheers,

TE

[TheEngineer]

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Nice letter

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Thanks! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I guess you can tell that letter came from my regulation comment. I hate writing something and then using it only once. I think that's a good way for us to economize.

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, once the comment section to the regs is available I will include the link in a letter to all race tracks and others involved in the industry. We should include the parts that are troublesome and suggest "overblocking" could be an issue.

With TVG on cable television, etc., I feel this has the potential to be a disaster for the industry.

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Excellent! Great work. I imagine they all have email or web forms. If so, it may be just one letter emailed several times.

[DeadMoneyDad]

As specific "hook" for B&amp;M's might be a couple of the news storys on the PPA site.

For example the story about computerized SnG tables in a B&amp;M, and the one about now offering on-line registration for live events.

By pointing out how current pratices might be affected by these regs we might get a little more than passing inerest from the B&amp;Ms.


Just a thought,

D$D

[Uglyowl]

That's a good idea about how to get the B&amp;M's attention. I think the horse racing one is a slam dunk.